*.* 2012 General Fitness Thread *.*

[TheGuardian]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Pissed at myself. Deadlifting 365 now on my final set of 5. I was doing one of my early sets as 225. Because the weight was light, I used shitty form and strained my lower back. All sorts of gimped up now. I hope it's better in the morning. Just has a "weak" area of movement where in certain positions I have to stabilize myself or move very slowly. No constant pain or anything. Hopefully a night on a good stiff bed, laying on my back, will unkink it.

I will bet $100000000 it's not your lower back. I bet it's your piriformis.

Sit down in a chair. Whichever side is hurting the most, put that foot on the other legs knee.

So if it's your right side hurting, put your right foot on your left knee. Then push down on your right knee to stretch the piriformis.

I bet you money that you feel the real pain where that stretch happens.

Everytime someone "strains" their low back, it's really the piriformis. The pain radiates up the low back making it feel like a low back strain. But the truth is, it's almost impossible to strain the erectors. The supportive muscles will strain before they do almost everytime.